BeTempered

About BeTempered

Real Stories. Raw Truth. Resilient Faith. BeTempered is about real people having honest conversations about the moments that have shaped their lives. Each week, we sit down with guests willing to share the good, the hard, and everything in between. We talk openly about addiction, recovery, loss, trauma, mental health, relationships, leadership, faith, purpose, and what it takes to keep moving forward when life doesn't go according to plan. At the heart of BeTempered is the belief that our struggles don't have to be wasted. Through honest conversations and resilient faith, we explore how God can meet us in the hardest seasons of our lives and use what we've been through to strengthen us, shape our purpose, and help someone else. You don't have to have it all figured out. You don't have to have a perfect story. Sometimes hearing what someone else has walked through is exactly what you need to realize you're not alone. New episodes every Friday. BeTempered — Real Stories. Raw Truth. Resilient Faith.

Publisher

dschmidt5

Category

education · religion & spirituality · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

15 Mar 2024

Latest episode

30 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

20 of 130 episodes have a transcript.

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   30 Oct 2026

   BeTempered Episode 129 - The Coaches, Losses, and Lessons That Shaped Him with Dan Schmidt

   At 25 years old, Dan Schmidt was engaged and trying to buy a glass company he barely understood. He knew how to work and was willing to take the risk. Then the bank told him no. Dan Schmidt and Ben Spahr sit down for a closer look at the experiences that shaped Dan, from growing up on a farm in rural Ohio to the coaches, painful losses, and uncomfortable lessons that followed him into adulthood. Dan shares the reality of college football at the University of Dayton, including the grind of cam...

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   23 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   BeTempered Episode 128 - Faith After a 10-Year Prison Sentence with Amy Hicks

   Host Dan Schmidt and Ben Spahr interview Amy Hicks about her journey of faith and overcoming a hidden meth addiction after a decade in prison.

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   16 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   BeTempered Episode 127 - Breaking the Silence, Rebuilding Families with Sharon Cranfill

   Host Ben Spahr and Co-host Dan Schmidt interview Sharon Cranfill, founder of House of Ruth, about her journey through addiction and rebuilding families.

Inside a recent episode

BeTempered Episode 128 - Faith After a 10-Year Prison Sentence with Amy Hicks

Published 23 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] There was nothing else I could have accomplished while I was in there. The judge saw this, and my program, if you hit over 350 hours of community service, you graduated with the honors. And I had to argue with them about how many hours I had when I was in the program for my progress report, and he's like, hold on, this one says 350 and this one says 800. How many hours of community service did you do? I said, I did 1850, 1850 hours of community service this last year. He's like, you worked over full time and did the program and did this stuff. I'm like, yes, I did. So, so I did all that. And then he had heard that it had made national news about me doing the Bible marathon. […]

Who has been a guest on BeTempered

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Amy Hicks
• Sharon Cranfill
• Brandon Van Matre
• Mike Horning
• Holly Jordan Trevillion

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

189,599

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.9 / 5

28 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

17 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 72 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

91

Social presence

0

YouTube

82

Engagement

51

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Books guests

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